The grievances between the two companies, as well as the reaction within Hollywood circles, are needless to say.

However, in the early stage of Internet development, a number of big-name cable operators that were left behind by AOL have gained valuable respite - such as AT&T, Verizon and Sprint, the three old telecom operators.

Originally, they were all companies that operated the main calling base station and network, as well as the cable television network, but at the beginning of the Internet, these three giants did not see the potential of the Internet and completely abandoned it.

Therefore, this is the legend that later AOL relied on telephone dialing to access the Internet, reversed the shot, and achieved hegemony.

However, today, with the development of the Internet, it is obvious that the network bandwidth and operating speed of telephone dial-up Internet access can no longer meet the growing network needs of the American imperialist people.

And the original king of Internet operations, AOL America, has gradually faded in its major mistakes of promoting its shortcomings and avoiding its strengths.

As a result, in the great opportunity for the development of broadband networks, North America, the leader of the world's developed countries, has rarely seen a fault in network operation.

Although AOL itself gave up on broadband networks, it exposed a valuable opportunity. Latecomers are also trying to fill the gap, and even professional cable operators like Comcast want to get a piece of the Internet and start creating their own broadband operating network divisions.

However, the operation of network broadband means that the "cheap strategy" of using existing telephone lines to develop is no longer feasible, as was the case with the original telephone dial-up Internet.

Whether it is the next broadband network or the subsequent optical fiber network, it means that in the United States, and even in North America, the physical broadband network will be laid.

The cost of this is by no means something that a single telecom provider can afford and handle.

This is also an important reason why the speed and bandwidth of broadband Internet in North America have not been able to go up in the future, and the Internet access fee is still expensive.

Even in the next ten or twenty years, North America's network speed and bandwidth will still lag behind countries such as Singapore and South Korea.

"There's definitely nothing we're going to change about bandwidth and speed. Sid spoke first after listening to the technical director's story.

If we want to change the problem of basic broadband on the Internet, it will not be possible until at least after Google goes public.

"Therefore, the most realistic and optimal approach for us now is to develop three- to five-minute video sharing, which is the core business, on the basis of the existing bandwidth. Sid said to the crowd as he was still working on something in his notebook.

Sean Parker nodded, "I agree, but I don't think this is a problem that can be solved anytime soon." ”

"Now the bandwidth is going to increase step by step, and we can now do shorter video sharing, and then grow step by step as the Internet environment develops, so that we can be ahead of everyone. Sid's words were firm and unmistakable, and even the prodigal son, Sean Parker, couldn't help but nod.

"So in terms of website planning, in addition to the existing bandwidth technology, video playback smoothness and video clarity are two life and death problems. We also need to do a good job of the leaderboard. ”

Sid's words made everyone a little puzzled, "Is the leaderboard the same as the movie magazine's list? ”

"No, of course not. Sid smiled and shook his head, "I'm talking about a system that automatically ranks all videos based on the number of times they are played. ”

This stimulates and encourages uploaders to share and create better videos. Although Shaun Parker was a little unreliable in terms of persistence, he reacted extremely quickly, and he immediately understood what Sid meant.

"Not bad. Sid nodded, "So, we have more work to do for background monitoring of video playback." But here I would like to remind you of one thing. ”

Hearing Sid's words, everyone in the conference room couldn't help but look up at the big screen in front of him, and Sid spoke: "For the ranking system, the most important thing is undoubtedly the background statistics of the number of video playbacks, because all the ranking content is based on this. Clicking to start playing the video is not a valid playback and cannot be counted as entering the leaderboard data. ”

"What do you mean?" asked Sean Parker, confused.

"Only after the playback time exceeds half of the total duration of the video, this playback can be considered a valid playback and can be counted in the ranking data. Sid's meaning is obvious, it is to prevent the situation of closing after watching it, which is not considered to be watching the video.

"Okay, we get it. Sean Parker and the operations executives nodded in agreement.

"However, this leaderboard cannot be used all the time. Sid's next words made the crowd even more confused.

"Can't use it all the time, what do you mean?" even Sean Parker looked puzzled.

"Hehe, it's actually very simple. Sid smiled faintly, "Now we are in the early stage of development, there is not enough video content to share, and there are not enough people who know our website and are willing to make and upload videos, so we can use the ranking model to stimulate the creation of netizens." ”

"But once we get more views, we upload and share more video content, like we have 1 million short videos on our website. So even if we rank the Top100, there is still the video content of the vast majority of people that cannot be seen by the audience. Maybe not every one of them has the potential to become a big hit, but it does have a fixed preference group. ”

"At that point, the leaderboard model itself will become obsolete. ”

Sid's words couldn't help but cause everyone to worry, "So what should we do?"

"It's simple. Sid replied confidently: "We also need to categorize, content categorization." ”

"Classification?" Sean Parker said from the name, "You mean it's like a sports program or a music program on a TV station." ”

"Almost. Sid nodded, "Music, sports, games, movies, TV shows, and news." That's what I'm thinking about at the moment. If you have any ideas for the future, you can add them. ”

"I think these categories already cover the vast majority of video content today. Sean Parker said with a smile.

"But only for now. Sid also smiled and raised his index finger, "The world of the Internet is changing rapidly, and there will definitely be new video content or new forms of playback in the future, and we can add it accordingly when the time comes." ”

"And then these categories, we call them 'channels,' yes, like TV channels. Sid continued. 21010